The catalogue presents a rich selection of furniture, lighting, decorative accessories, and design objects from Italy and abroad, united by outstanding design and craftsmanship and still capable of engaging in a meaningful dialogue with contemporary interiors.
The sale includes a selection of works associated with Art Nouveau and the early European decorative avant-garde. Highlights include furniture by Ernesto Basile, Louis Majorelle, Henri Sauvage, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, and Eugenio Quarti, as well as works inspired by the creative universe of Carlo Bugatti, all bearing witness to the extraordinary artistic period that marked the beginning of the twentieth century.
The journey continues with refined examples of Italian and international furniture from the 1930s and 1940s, including pieces attributed to or designed by leading figures such as Piero Zen, Vittorio Dassi, Pietro Chiesa, Archimede Seguso, Melchiorre Bega, Tomaso Buzzi, Joseph Decock, and Lorin Jackson.
Particularly rich is the section devoted to the 1950s, featuring a selection that celebrates the most fertile period of Italian design. Among the designers represented are Gio Ponti, with both attributed works and projects created in collaboration with Alberto Rosselli, Osvaldo Borsani, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Giuseppe Ostuni, Angelo Lelii, Stilnovo, Gianfranco Frattini, Carlo De Carli, Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi, Federico Munari, Giotto Stoppino, Guglielmo Veronesi, and many other protagonists of the era that established Made in Italy as an international benchmark for design.
Among the sale's most significant highlights are the desk designed by Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli for Rima (1958), the Model 758 table designed by Osvaldo Borsani and produced by Tecno in 1962, lighting by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, lamps by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, glass works by Archimede Seguso, and an important selection of lighting by Stilnovo, all exemplifying the excellence of Italian lighting design.
The auction also features a wide variety of seating, tables, storage furniture, bar cabinets, mirrors, and decorative accessories, offering a broad and comprehensive overview of twentieth-century European design. Together, these works present outstanding opportunities for both collectors and design enthusiasts seeking to introduce historically significant pieces into contemporary living spaces.
The sale includes a selection of works associated with Art Nouveau and the early European decorative avant-garde. Highlights include furniture by Ernesto Basile, Louis Majorelle, Henri Sauvage, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, and Eugenio Quarti, as well as works inspired by the creative universe of Carlo Bugatti, all bearing witness to the extraordinary artistic period that marked the beginning of the twentieth century.
The journey continues with refined examples of Italian and international furniture from the 1930s and 1940s, including pieces attributed to or designed by leading figures such as Piero Zen, Vittorio Dassi, Pietro Chiesa, Archimede Seguso, Melchiorre Bega, Tomaso Buzzi, Joseph Decock, and Lorin Jackson.
Particularly rich is the section devoted to the 1950s, featuring a selection that celebrates the most fertile period of Italian design. Among the designers represented are Gio Ponti, with both attributed works and projects created in collaboration with Alberto Rosselli, Osvaldo Borsani, Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Giuseppe Ostuni, Angelo Lelii, Stilnovo, Gianfranco Frattini, Carlo De Carli, Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi, Federico Munari, Giotto Stoppino, Guglielmo Veronesi, and many other protagonists of the era that established Made in Italy as an international benchmark for design.
Among the sale's most significant highlights are the desk designed by Gio Ponti and Alberto Rosselli for Rima (1958), the Model 758 table designed by Osvaldo Borsani and produced by Tecno in 1962, lighting by Luigi Caccia Dominioni for Azucena, lamps by Angelo Lelii for Arredoluce, glass works by Archimede Seguso, and an important selection of lighting by Stilnovo, all exemplifying the excellence of Italian lighting design.
The auction also features a wide variety of seating, tables, storage furniture, bar cabinets, mirrors, and decorative accessories, offering a broad and comprehensive overview of twentieth-century European design. Together, these works present outstanding opportunities for both collectors and design enthusiasts seeking to introduce historically significant pieces into contemporary living spaces.
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